Last week Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya sought to highlight the NDA government’s job creation, drawing a comparison with the record on employment of the Congress-led UPA government. The total number of employed people in India increased from 47 crore in 2014-15 to 64 crore by the end of 2023-24, the minister said. That’s an increase of 17 crore (or 36 per cent) — far in excess of the 2.9 crore new jobs (signifying an increase of just 7 per cent) during the preceding decade, 2004 to 2014, under UPA rule. He underlined that since 2017-18, the unemployment rate has fallen while the employment rate (or worker population ratio or WPR) as well as labour force participation rate have risen steadily. Minister Mandaviya has flagged overall improvements, and yet there are persisting reasons for........

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